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Desmond Carrington is in STUDIO 53 to recall personalities and events from the world of entertainment
Including
CHARLIE CLAPHAM; DANNY KAYE
SHELAGH DELANEY
BENNO MOISEIMITSCH
ATHENE SEYLER ; STANELLI and the VlENNESE SlNGING SISTERS
Written and compiled by Desmond Carrington
Produced by John Powell

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Danny Kaye
Unknown:
Shelagh Delaney
Unknown:
Benno Moiseimitsch
Unknown:
Athene Seyler
Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Produced By:
John Powell

Introduced by Maxwell Knight
BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY
Three naturalists are told they have each won a prize of £ 100 to spend on a holiday of their choice. J. M. CHALMERS-HUNT , an entomologist, ERNEST NEAL , who studies mammals, and C. A. NORRIS , a bird watcher, discuss with MAXWELL KNIGHT where they would go and what they would do. Produced by Bruce Campbell
Recorded broadcast of March 5

Contributors

Introduced By:
Maxwell Knight
Unknown:
J. M. Chalmers-Hunt
Unknown:
Ernest Neal
Unknown:
C. A. Norris
Produced By:
Bruce Campbell

Franklin Engelmann is the Chairman of this general knowledge contest in which listeners from all over the British Isles compete for the title 'Brain of Britain 1961'

Mary Mason, Cheshire - Social Worker
Mrs. Joan Taylor, Northumberland - Lecturer
Arthur Jackson, Norfolk - Bank Official

The programme also includes 'Hear! Hear!' a test of memory for listeners at home and in the audience
The programme devised and written by John P. Wynn

(Recorded broadcast of May 11, in the Light Programme)

Contributors

Chairman:
Franklin Engelmann
Contestant:
Mary Mason
Contestant:
Joan Taylor
Contestant:
Arthur Jackson
Devised and written by:
John P. Wynn
Producer:
Joan Clark

Break for Commercials
A comedy by GYLES ADAMS adapted for radio by Cynthia Pughe with Hugh Sinclair , Brenda Bruce
A champing, slightly dizzy ex-actress finds life with her family in a battered studio flat quite satisfying until an old friend and rival from Hollywood appears on the scene.
Produced by BETTY DAVIES
Saturday's recorded broadcast

Contributors

Comedy By:
Gyles Adams
Unknown:
Cynthia Pughe
Unknown:
Hugh Sinclair
Unknown:
Brenda Bruce
Produced By:
Betty Davies

playing music of his choice and talking about his friends and personalities in the world of entertainment with the BBC Revue Orchestra Leader, Julien Gaillard
Conducted by Malcolm Lockyer Produced by John Browell

Contributors

Leader:
Julien Gaillard
Conducted By:
Malcolm Lockyer
Produced By:
John Browell

The novel by L.P. Hartley adapted by Archie Campbell
with Denys Blakelock, Rachel Gurney, Ambrosine Phillpotts and Anthony Reese

A child's-eye view of the adult world must often discover a strange and sometimes startling prospect.
The main action takes place at Brandham Hall, in Norfolk, in 1900.

(Recorded broadcast of January 2)

Contributors

Author:
L.P. Hartley
Adapted by:
Archie Campbell
Pianist:
Josephine Lee
Producer:
Archie Campbell
Narrator:
Denys Blakelock
Leo, the boy:
Anthony Reese
Mrs Colston, his mother:
Mary Wimbush
Schoolboy:
Charles Marion-Crawford
Schoolboy:
Nicholas Edmett
Schoolboy:
Nigel Anthony
Headmaster:
Norman Claridge
Mrs Maudsley:
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Marcus:
Andrew Konig
Denys, his elder brother:
William Eedle
Marian, his sister:
Rachel Gurney
Guests at Brandham Hall - Young man:
John Rye
Guests at Brandham Hall - Young lady:
Penelope Lee
Guests at Brandham Hall - Another guest:
Nerys Kerfoot
Ted Burgess, a farmer:
Ralph Hallett
Lord Trimingham (Hugh):
Ian Lubbock
Brunskill, butler:
Wilfred Babbage
Pollin, cricket player:
Julian Somers
MC:
Peter Claughton

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